Come Join the Tradition!
For Camp Alumni, coming to camp feels like coming home. Many speak of the impact YMCA Camp Classen has had on them and how relationships made here have lasted for life. The tradition started just outside Davis, Oklahoma back in 1941, and continues today as campers return each summer and say “It’s my camp”
Under the guidance of carefully selected camp staff, you will find yourself in the heart of the Arbuckle Mountains in Southern Oklahoma, surrounded by 2400 acres of natural beauty, waterfalls, lakes, forests, open meadows, and miles of hiking and horseback trails. You will enjoy an amazing waterfront area, the Meade Activity Center, and the Eberly Nature Center, Lake Classen, Lake Guy James, Vesper Mt, Classen Falls, 3 Falls, Horseback riding at Colling’s Ranch, and the outdoor peaceful Norman R McCleod Chapel.
YMCA Camp Classen offers Christian co-ed residential summer camp experiences to campers, from not only Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas, but to campers from across the country and the world!
Main Camp offers kids 8 to 12 years old awesome week long sessions that can be linked to stay as many weeks as they want. Main Camp summer campers not only get a taste for range of activities, they also choose an elective each week they would like to specialize in. Regardless, each camper will make new friends, try out new experience and have the opportunity to go on a horseback ride (some campers may choose to specialize in horses and have a whole lot of time riding and learning equestrian theory)
Teen Programs at Camp Classen range with teen interest. We offer a Traditional Camp centered on camp and local trips, a Frontier Adventure focusing on horseback trail and arena riding and Equestrian theory, and an Adventure Trips leaving camp and Oklahoma for Colorado and rivers in Arkansas and Missouri.
Leadership Developmentat Camp Classen is a way older teens can learn responsiblity and share the great expereinces they've had with the next generation of campers. Leadership programs include: Counselors-In-Training and Wranglers-In-Training.
Registration is easy, it's online, and just a click away!
Camp Classen's Outdoor School offers schools from Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas and Arkansas outdoor education options not found anywhere else. Schools send their grades, and classes for 1 to 5 days at a time. Teachers can take their classes on guided interpretive hikes focusing on geology, ecology, biomes, natural cycles, and fossils. Our place-based education programs go on to include: geology, ecology, adaptation, water, and predator prey studies, fresh water labs, fossil labs, orienteering and so much more! Teambuilding at Classen's Outdoor School can help bring a class together, learn to overcome obstacles, and help students appreciate and accept their teachers and themselves. Regardless of your program selections, Camp Classen's staff will work to make sure yourschedule and the activites are specific to your goals. We also provide teachers will all theresources they need to make their visit succesful. Our pricing is designed to work for any school.
Conference and Retreat Camping
Conference and Retreat options at Camp Classen are almost unlimited. Between our two ajoining campuses, two lakes, 700 acre ranch with horseback trail rides, miles of trails, cabins, activity areas, fields, indoor meeting areas, and surrounding Arbuckle Mountains - it's hard to imagine a better place for your group to come together. Just outside Davis, Oklahoma, we can accept groups ranging from 10 participants to 342! Adventure Guides have taken advantage of camp for father-son and father- daughter retreats for years - where they keep coming back for the scenery, facilities, and fun. While we almost always have available dates, the best weekends usually book way in advance. Check with our Calendar before booking.
Family Camp
Family Camp at YMCA Camp Classen is a chance for the whole family to sneak away to Oklahoma's Arbuckle Mountains, relax, forget about cooking, and have the whole family get the fill of fun they want. During a family's stay they can join in on activities as they wish. They might find themselves horseback riding, at archery, canoing, swimming, shooting, collecting fossils from one of camp's fossil pits, fishing, climbing on the tower or taking the giant swing on the screamer.
"YMCA Mission: To put Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all."
YMCA Camp Classen. www.itsmycamp.org. 10840 Main Camp Rd. Davis, OK 73030. 580-369-2272.580-369-2284fax